This grandmother from China has proven to the world that it's never too late to get in shape, spending every afternoon training in her local neighborhood basketball court for the last three years.

80-year-old Li Guochuan has become a local and international sensation since she was spotted and posted on the internet as the 'basketball granny'.

The OAP from Fuzhou, in the Fujian Province of China, does 150 push-ups, 150 sit-ups every day, all on top of a rousing game of basketball.

80-year-old Li Guochuan doing pull-ups on a tree in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Her pull-ups aren't as good as her other exercises yet, but she says shes getting there

Li Guochuan playing basketball. She is a keen basketball player and completes 150 push-ups and sit-ups each day. She says to train to this level, she would only finish playing when she had scored 72 times

The 80-year-old told Chinese-language news outlet China News Service that she is a restless person that just loves exercising.

She said: 'I do 150 push-ups in the morning and 150 sit-ups in the evening. I complete them in three sets and take a little rest in between.